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A VOYAGE TO 
[ East Coast. 
1802. 
Ocl ober. 
Sunday 3. 
from its great acclivity, we went onward to the two smaller islands 
No. 4 ; and from the top of the easternmost, a third Cumberland 
Island, marked k 2, was distinguished, and the following amongst 
many other bearings, were taken. 
Percy Isle No. 3, Pine Peak, distant miles, - S 2° 5' W. 
The ship, at anchor under No. 2, - - S. 10 48 W. 
Northumberland I., the 7th, station, - - S. 14 o W. 
} the peak marked h, - S. 67 35 W. 
, the high, northmost, marked i, N. 73 10 W. 
Cumberland I., marked k, centre, - - N. 36 o W. 
} marked k 2, centre, - - N. 42 50 W. 
There is no shelter amongst the northern Percy Isles against 
east winds ; but ships may pass between them, taking care to avoid 
a rock which lies one mile northward from the Pine Peak, and is 
dry at low water. Nothing was seen on these islands to merit more 
particular notice ; and their forms and situations will be best learned 
from the chart. 
On returning to the ship at nine in the evening, I found lieu- 
tenant Fowler had quitted the shore with his tents and people, the 
holds were completed with water, and both vessels ready for sea. 
No. 2, the largest oi the Percy Isles, is about thirteen miles in 
circumference ; and in its greatest elevation perhaps a thousand feet. 
The stone is mostly of two kinds. A concreted mass of different sub- 
stances, held together by a hard, dark-coloured cement, was the 
most abundant ; I did not see either coral or pumice-stone in the 
composition, but it otherwise much resembled that of Aken’s Island 
in Shoal-water Bay, and still more a stratum seen at the north-west 
part of Long Island : it was found at the tops of the highest hills, as 
well as in the lower parts. The second kind of stone is light, close- 
grained, and easily splits, but not in layers ; it is of a yellowish 
colour, and probably argillaceous. 
The surface of the island is either sandy or stony, or both, 
with a small proportion of vegetable soil intermixed. It is generally 
